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I was the average daughter. The troublemaker. The side character in my sister's story. My sister was a Prodigy; endowed with exceptional skills and bonded with a guardian. In a world where all leaders, scientists, and artists are selected and pledged to shifters, she was born for greatness. I was born to live in her shadow. In a moment of rebellion, I trespassed on pack lands and an alpha guardian shifter, Theo, bonded to me. Tragedy makes me reject the pairing. They say I am a Prodigy now—someone special. I think they’re wrong.

1959. Her modelling career in tatters and her long-term relationship with her sailor boyfriend at an end, 19-year-old Maggie Gregory returns to her family in Liverpool to lick her wounds and decide what to do with the rest of her life. A chance encounter with a handsome stranger offers the possibility of new romance. But is the man who gives his name as Tim Murphy really all he seems? What secrets has he been keeping from Maggie? And will this new relationship only lead to more heartbreak?

Daisy Lane's fortunes take a spectacular fall when Roy decides to run his criminal empire from London. Without him, the punters disappear and so, too, does the cash. Still, Daisy can take comfort in the fact that her son Eddie is growing up to be as courageous as his late father was. But Eddie’s younger brother, Jamie, is a deeply disturbed young man. Meanwhile, there’s a killer at work in Gosport. It’s Daisy who spots this nasty Casanova at work. She takes it upon herself to have him apprehended - with devastating consequences.

Spring, 1944. Working on an aeroplane production line for planes, Hildy believes she is doing her part for the war effort. But troubles at home with her overly protective mother make it harder for her to find happiness. Meanwhile, Cora is still reeling from the devastating loss of both her parents in the Blitz. Faced with homelessness and poverty, Cora and her friend, Belle, turn to the dark streets of Southampton to work on the game.

Gosport, 1941. Fourteen-year-old Vera has led a sheltered life with her overbearing mother. But her world is turned upside down with the arrival of the Lovell family. Vera quickly befriends the daughter, Angela, who opens Vera's eyes to what she has been missing. But Vera invites the unwanted attention of Angela's father, with devastating consequences. Outraged at the news that her teenage daughter is pregnant, Vera's mother sends her to a home for wayward girls.

It's the 1940s. War alters lives, and for three women from different walks of life, the choices they make will change everything forever....

Jenny Proctor is a well-to-do housewife with a demanding husband. She devotes her life to serving him - but when he enlists, she finds her voice...and a new friendship with a young GI. Vibrant Rusty Dobbs is a prostitute by choice, making money from servicemen. But when she falls in love with an American captain, she hides her profession from him.

Sherlock Holmes has left the Baker Street days of crime and detection behind to retire to a small Sussex cottage overlooking the sea where he can focus on his new hobbies: beekeeping and photography. But when a shadowy figure is seen walking below the cliffs one night, Holmes cannot resist the temptation of solving one more mystery. He summons his old flatmate and confidant, Dr Watson, to help.

The Crying Game opens in 1944 and tells the story of Trixie - a girl who has only ever known turmoil. As a teenager, she covers up the terrible truth of her father's death and she and her pregnant mother go on the run. Little does she know that fate has more cruel twists in store.

Determined to build a life for her herself, Trixie becomes a singer in the pubs and clubs of Gosport - but her heart is still set on finding the little brother she had to leave behind years before. It will take Trixie many years and many tears before the truth can finally emerge - but will it finally give her the courage she needs to fall in love?

In 1942 two young women give birth in a home for unmarried mothers. One of them hopes they will never meet again. Thirteen years later Dorothy Wilson is a successful actress, offered her first major part in a feature film. But accepting the role would mean spending time apart from her policeman boyfriend, Sam. Should Dorothy stay in Liverpool and become a full-time wife and mother, giving up her dream of stardom?

Daisy Lane is trying to build a future for herself and her sons. Roy Kemp, Daisy's former lover, is banged up in prison. Daisy must watch over Roy's criminal empire, while attempting to continue her relationship with copper Vinnie Endersby. But it isn't long before another gangster decides to challenge Roy's dominance.

Liverpool, 1958: nursery nurse Irene Miller falls for her friend Peggy's handsome older brother, Marty. But he is trapped in an unhappy marriage. Meanwhile, Irene's friend Peggy is desperate to marry her long-term boyfriend, Pete, but Peggy's staunchly Catholic parents would never accept a Protestant son-in-law. When her mother decides to remarry, her brother heads off to sea, and she loses her job, Irene feels utterly alone in the world. An unexpected job offer from America offers her a lifeline.

Maybe, if we met at another time - another life - he could’ve been mine. Maybe, if I were older. Maybe, if he wasn’t my brother’s best friend. Maybe, if he wasn’t my teacher. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe. Having my dirty little secret living down the hall had me obsessing over alternate endings and happily ever afters. I’d never wanted someone so badly, but his hot and cold behavior was giving me emotional whiplash.

After Grace Clark accidentally witnesses a brutal murder, she tumbles headlong into a world of motorcycle gangs, cults and a young girl's secrets. Dogged chief deputy sheriff Holden Powell's determined to help discover what's wreaking havoc on their idyllic western town this Christmas. The rancher-turned-lawman has something to prove, and he won’t let anything happen to Grace—not on his watch.

Cuando Lulú empieza cuarto básico, se imagina que en el colegio hará lo de siempre: compartir con sus amigas, estudiar y hacer tareas, pero cuando la profesora anuncia que les tocará por primera vez escoger la directiva a través de votación, ella se llena de ansiedad. ¿Será que puede llegar a ser la presidenta de su clase? ¿Cómo será competir por ser la mejor? ¿Qué puede hacer para ignorar las burlas y ataques de sus compañeros? ¿Podrá resistirse a la idea de hacer trampa? ¿De comprar votos? O incluso ¿de arruinar con cahuines la carrera de sus rivales?

Lulú está emocionada porque irá a la playa a pasar las vacaciones de verano con su familia, pero, cuando llega, las cosas no salen como ella soñó: los días están nublados, no se puede bañar en el mar porque hay una invasión de medusas y, además, los mosquitos la pican todo el tiempo. Para contrarrestar el aburrimiento, se vuelve adicta a sus redes sociales, aunque sus fotos no logran la popularidad que ansía, y su familia no parece estar dispuesta a hacer todo lo que ella pide para sumar likes.

Luego de unas tranquilas vacaciones de invierno junto a su familia, Lulú vuelve al colegio y nota que muchas cosas han cambiado a su alrededor: tiene dos compañeros nuevos y a nadie parece alegrarle su llegada, su amiga Luna ya no se ríe con sus chistes y está muy callada, y, además, por los pasillos circulan unos extraños rumores relacionados con una red social en la que Lulú no está registrada. ¿Será que tiene que hacerse una cuenta y enterarse de qué pasa?

Behind the scenes in Silicon Valley, Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn, investor at Greylock) is a sought-after adviser to heads of companies and heads of state. On each episode of his podcast, Masters of Scale, he sits down with a guest from an all-star list of visionary founders and leaders, digging into the surprising strategies that power their company’s growth. In this book, he draws on their most riveting, revealing stories - as well as his own experience as a founder and investor - to distill the secrets behind the most extraordinary success stories of our times.

Will Richard and Clara defeat an army of monster mice? Enjoy this thrilling holiday tale of toys and sweets come to life under the direction of a magician uncle and a fairy in a snowy winter wonderland. Learn the traditional story as a companion to the ballet, or read just for the fun of this enchanting retelling with all the family love, romance and memories of a magical Christmas Eve.

This is an unusual–and unusually interesting–exploration of diet, weight and health that has a memoir aspect and a practical aspect. It’s a cut-to-the-chase audiobook that makes you realize not that everything you know about dieting and weight loss isn’t true (even though it probably isn’t), but that way too much of your brain, your time and your pocketbook has been taken up with the endless (and futile) quest.

On the planet of Lobos, the Doctor halts a violent war between the native Loba and human colonists. The TARDIS crew departs - only for Ryan to discover he’s left his phone behind. Again. Upon returning, the Doctor finds that the TARDIS has slipped hundreds of years into the future - and something has gone badly wrong. The Loba are now slaves, serving human zealots who worship a figure known as The Good Doctor. It’s time for the Doctor to face up to the consequences of her last visit. With Lobos on the brink of catastrophe, will she be able to make things right?